Folke
Major Settlement in the Parish of Folke
Historical Forms
- Fulk 1166 LN
- Fulk[inges] 1166 RBE
- Folk' 1244 Ass 1327 Pat 1455 DCMDeed
- Folk 1285 FA 1291 Tax 1303 FA 1314 Pat 1431 FA
- Folke 1337 Pat 1340 NI 1344 Ipm
- Folcke 1561 NatT
- Falk(e) 1283 Banco 1393 Drew
- Foolke 1453 Sher 1454 Pat 1553 NatT
- Foulk 1558–79 ChancP
- Fowlke 1563 Digby
- Foke Eliz ChancP 1575 Saxton
- Fooke 1569–74 Map
Etymology
An unparalleled simplex use of OE folc 'folk, the people of a tribe or family, the common people', presumably denoting 'land held by the people', cf. Freefolk Ha (DEPN).The 12th cent. u spellings are probably AN, the second form perhaps suggesting confusion with Fulking Sx 284.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bishop's Down Plant.
- Butterwick Drove, Butterwick Wd
- Caphays Dairy, Caphays Drove
- Chaffey's Fm
- Down Lane
- Ferney Down Wd
- Folke Fm
- Folke Lane
- The Folly Wd
- Hunters Bridge (Coppice)
- King's Plant.
- Kitford Bridge
- Ryall's Fm
- Broke Lane, Broke Wd
- Pleck Ctgs
- Rye Close Fm
- St Lawrence's Church
- Stakes Ford, Stakes Lane
- Wenlock
- Willow Tree Fm
- Writh Ctg
- Burton Coppice
- Rectory
- Munden's Fm, Munden's Lane